Guidelines for defining process safety competency requirements

This Guideline presents the framework of process safety knowledge and expertise versus the desired competency level in a "super-matrix" format, vertically and diagonally. The matrix references for potential remedies/required training may be tailored to a company's internally developed...

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Corporate Author American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Center for Chemical Process Safety
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015.
SeriesCCPS guidelines series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523102150
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Table of Contents:
  • GUIDELINES FOR DEFINING PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Files on the Web Accompanying This Book
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Executive Summary
  • Organization of This Book
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Why Process Safety Competency?
  • 1.2 Purpose
  • 1.2.1 Address Applicable Regulations and Requirements
  • 1.2.2 Identify Process Safety Competency Requirements
  • 1.2.3 Assess Individuals Against Recommended Competencies
  • 1.3 Audience
  • 1.4 How to Use This Process
  • 1.5 Risk Based Process Safety Elements1.5.1 Process Safety Competency
  • 1.5.2 Corporate Process Safety Culture
  • 1.5.3 Process Safety Knowledge Management
  • 1.5.4 Organizational Change Management (OCM)
  • 1.6 CCPS Vision 20/20
  • 1.7 References
  • 2. IDENTIFY PROCESS SAFETY ROLES & COMPETENCY NEEDS
  • 2.1 List of Generic Job Roles
  • 2.1.1 Facility Manager
  • 2.1.2 HSE Manager
  • 2.1.3 Operations Manager
  • 2.1.4 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Manager
  • 2.1.5 Supervisor
  • 2.1.6 Operator
  • 2.1.7 Technician
  • 2.1.8 Engineer
  • 2.1.9 Project Manager2.1.10 Project Engineer
  • 2.1.11 Additional Roles
  • 2.2 List of Proficiency Levels
  • 2.2.1 Awareness Proficiency Level (Level 1)
  • 2.2.2 Basic Knowledge Proficiency Level (Level 2)
  • 2.2.3 Practitioner Proficiency Level (Level 3)
  • 2.2.4 Expert Proficiency Level (Level 4)
  • 2.2.5 Leader Proficiency Level (Level 5)
  • 2.3 List of Process Safety Knowledge/Skills
  • 3. PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCY MATRIX
  • 3.1 What Is the Matrix?
  • 3.2 How to Customize the Matrix
  • 3.2.1 The Proficiency Levels Worksheet
  • 3.2.2 The Risk Based Process Safety Worksheet3.2.3 The Skills and Knowledge Worksheet
  • 3.3 Uses of the Matrix
  • 3.3.1 Establishing a Training Matrix
  • 3.3.2 Organizational Changes
  • 3.4 References
  • 4. INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCIES
  • 4.1 Develop Organization Specific Competencies
  • 4.2 Assure Compliance with Regulations
  • 4.3 Example Templates and Checklists
  • 4.3.1 Process Hazards Management Coordinator and Hazard Assessment Facilitator
  • 4.3.2 HAZOP Facilitator
  • 4.4 References
  • 5. ASSESS COMPETENCIES VS. NEEDS
  • 5.1 Assessing Existing Competencies5.1.1 Self-Assessment
  • 5.1.2 Peer/Manager Assessment
  • 5.2 Training for Assessors
  • 5.3 Identify Gaps Between Current Status and Needs
  • 6. DEVELOP GAP CLOSURE PLAN
  • 6.1 Methods for Closing the Gaps
  • 6.1.1 Tasks or Personnel Reassignment
  • 6.1.2 Internal & External Training
  • 6.1.3 External Resources
  • 6.2 Supporting Materials
  • 6.3 Pre-requisites Before Progressing to the Next Level
  • 6.4 Example of Managing Gap Closure
  • 7. SUSTAINING COMPETENCIES
  • 7.1 Strategies for Sustaining Competencies